FOUNDER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UCI DIGESTIVE HEALTH INSTITUTE
WHY: Expert on stomachs who started the UCI Digestive Health Institute in 2017. Has conducted a number of clinical trials, published more than 470 papers and book chapters, holds five patents.
RECENT: Honored with Innovator of the Year Award by the Business Journal in September 2021. U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2020 approved tool developed by Chang called Endoscopic Ultrasound Guided Portal Pressure Gradient, used to assess liver health, diagnose disease’s advance.
NOTABLE: CV is 97 pages long.
QUOTABLE: Chang’s mission in OC is “innovation through compassion.”
